Friday
Red Nose Day 2017 BBC ONE, 7.00PM; 10.35PM/BBC TWO, 10.00PM
The O2 in Greenwich is the venue for the charity beanfeast, anchored by Lenny Henry and Jonathan Ross and initially assisted by stars including Miranda Hart and Warwick Davis. There will also be sketches from French and Saunders and Matt Berry, Take That in
with James Corden, music from Rag ’N’ Bone Man, as well as appearances from Peter Kay and Alan Partridge. The centrepiece, however, is the much-anticipated
Red Nose Day Actually, reuniting stars of the 2003 film Love Actually, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Keira Knightley. At 10.00pm, Greg Davies will be in his BBC Two hot tub with guests including the
Smack the Pony team, and Richard Curtis meets the indomitably dim Philomena Cunk. Back on BBC One at 10.35pm, Graham Norton holds the fort while Kurupt FM (of BBC Three’s superb mock-doc People Just
Do Nothing) duet with Ed Sheeran, before Russell Brand compères an hour of stand-up at midnight. Finally, at 1.0am, Jonathan Ross and Noel Fielding look at 30 years of highlights.
Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World BBC TWO, 9.00PM; NI, 1.15PM; NOT SCOT OR WALES
Wildlife and natural-history cinematographer Colin StaffordJohnson concludes his journey around Ireland’s Atlantic rim, catching sight of some spectacular wildlife, including golden eagles, whooper swans and pine martens.